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the thin outer covering of an animal’s egg, which is hard and fragile in that of a bird but leathery in that of a reptile.

the outer case of a nut kernel or seed:peanuts roasted in their shells

the carapace of a tortoise, turtle, or terrapin.

the wing cases of a beetle.

the integument of an insect pupa or chrysalis.

(one's shell) used with reference to a state of shyness or introversion:she’ll soon come out of her shell with the right encouragement

2an explosive artillery projectile or bomb:the sound of the shell passing over, followed by the explosion [as modifier]:shell holes

a hollow metal or paper case used as a container for fireworks, explosives, or cartridges.

North American a cartridge.

3something resembling or likened to a shell because of its shape or its function as an outer case:pasta shellsbaked pastry shells filled with cheese

the walls of an unfinished or gutted building or other structure:the hotel was a shell, the roof having collapsed completely

an outer form without substance:he was a shell of the man he had been previously

4the metal framework of a vehicle body.

a light racing boat.

an inner or roughly made coffin.

the hand guard of a sword.

5 Physics each of a set of orbitals around the nucleus of an atom, occupied or able to be occupied by electrons of similar energies:in a multi-electron atom, the lowest energy shells fill up firstan electron descending from one shell to a lower one emits an X-ray